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| Military Networks 'Not Defensible,' Says General Who Defends Them |
| 2012-01-13 |
| Excerpt: "The Defense Department's networks, as currently configured, are "not defensible," according to the general in charge of protecting those networks. And if there's a major electronic attack on this country, there may not be much he and his men can legally do to stop it in advance." Somehow, I don't have a warm, fuzzy feeling about our capabilities..... |
| Posted by:Uncle Phester |
| #3 The military's networks and mindset stopped at 1999. There are lots of things they can do to fully secure them. The mindset is the problem. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2012-01-13 11:54 |
| #2 Most of their workstations run Windows or are closely coupled to others which do so. They refuse to fix that - they're in too deep. Then, in spite of the fact that they admit their own systems are a mess, to put it mildly, they want more oversight over private systems so they can "help". |
| Posted by: KBK 2012-01-13 10:58 |
| #1 can legally do So, once again its the lawyers who are obstructing what can be done? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2012-01-13 08:56 |